SAINTS Philip and James

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES

 

 

Everything that we know

About Philip

Comes from the New Testament

 

He was

Probably a disciple of John

Then began to follow Jesus

 

He also persuaded Nathaniel

To follow Jesus

 

At the feeding of the 5,000

He was concerned

That there was not enough bread and fish

To feed the 5,000

 

After finding Andrew and Peter

Jesus-leaving for Galilee-finds Philip

And says-“Follow me”

 

Philip-in turn-finds Nathaniel ( also called Bartholomew )

And tells him,

“We have found the one

Moses wrote about in the law

And about whom the prophets also wrote

Jesus of Nazareth-the son of Joseph”

 

Nathaniel says,

“Nazareth-can anything good come from there?”

 

Philip responds, “come and see”

 

Philip is believed

To have preached the Gospel in Phyrgia

After Christ’s Resurrection

And usually

Is represented by a cross

Or with loaves of bread

To recall his part

In the feeding of the 5000

 

JAMES THE LESS

 

Another apostle of Jesus

He was the son of Alphaeus

And it is believed

His mother stood at the foot of the cross

As Jesus was crucified

 

He also

May have written

The letter of James

 

It is believed

He was beat to death

With a club

After being sentenced to be stoned

By the Sanhedrin in 62 AD

 

His feast day

Along with the apostle Philip

Is May the 3^rd

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-3-12

 

 

 

 

Ps           5-2-18 and 5-3-2019